Nigerian doctors stage nationwide protests over sack

Nigerian doctors in various parts of the country on Monday staged a peaceful protest demanding the reversal of the president's decision to sack the nation's 16,000 resident doctors.

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Lawyers in Nigeria urged to postpone national conference over Ebola

Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Mr Chidi Anselm Odinkalu, has advised the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to shelve its planned national conference slated for next week in the wake of the Ebola outbreak.

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Nigerian government sacks resident doctors

Nigerian government yesterday (Thursday) announced indefinite suspension of residency training programme for doctors in the country.

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Ebola has a great potential of driving appropriate responses - Lawal

HealthNewsNG.com spoke to Lawal Kola Bakare, Convener of Ebola Alert, on the prevention and control strategies for the disease in Nigeria. He also spoke on at local and regional levels to curb the spread of the disease

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Ebola: Nigeria recruiting volunteers, offers life insurance-included compensation packages

As part of efforts aimed at battling the spread of Ebola virus disease in Nigeria, the Nigerian government in partnership with the government of Lagos state are recruiting volunteers.

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Ebola: Why we must embrace integrative medicine in Nigeria

The health community has once more been thrown into confusion by another deadly, traumatizing outbreak, known popularly as the “Ebola Outbreak”. 

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Nigeria records another suspected case of Ebola virus infection

Barely seven days after Mr. Pat­rick Sawyer, a Liberian, died in a private hospital in La­gos, one of the personnel, who helped him out of the aircraft on his arrival in Lagos, has shown signs of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD).

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India, Nigeria partner to reduce medical tourism

India’s High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ghanashyam Rangaiah, on Tuesday, said his tenure would mostly be directed at promoting education and health cooperation with Nigeria.

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Ebola not in Nigeria, govt shuts down hospital

None of the 20 persons so far screened out of a total of 59 that had contact with the late Liberian man, Patrick Sawyer, who died of Ebola virus disease on Friday has tested positive, thus giving Nigeria a clean bill regarding the disease.

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Viral hepatitis is a major global health issue - CDC

Viral hepatitis is a major global health issue affecting nearly 400 million people worldwide. In observance of World Hepatitis Day, July 28, learn more about three common types of viral hepatitis: Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C.

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Tension rises in Nigeria as first Ebola victim dies

Patrick Sawyer, a WASH consultant at the Ministry of Finance, who had been quarantined since arriving Lagos, Nigeria on Sunday, July 20, 2014 with symptoms of the Ebola virus, has been reported dead .

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Lagos state government releases emergency response numbers for Ebola disease

Following its confirmation of the first possible case of Ebola disease in Nigeria, Lagos state government has released numbers that members of the public can call to report suspected cases of the disease.

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Nigerians hurriedly seeking information on Ebola virus

Since news broke yesterday that an infection suspected to be Ebola was reported on Thursday in Lagos, Nigerians, especially those that are active online are hurriedly seeking information on the disease, its spread, management and how to prevent the disease.

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Possible First case of Ebola under investigation in Nigeria

Investigations are currently underway to identify a possible first case of the deadly Ebola virus in Lagos Nigeria.

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Cross River to Partner NHIS on Healthcare Delivery

Cross River State Government has expressed its commitment to partner any reputable organization that would help in its modest effort of actualizing first-class healthcare delivery services to its citizens.

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Novartis launches new high quality antimalarial formulation of Coartem for Africa

Novartis has announced today the launch of a new high quality antimalarial formulation of Coartem® 80/480 (artemether/lumefantrine 80 mg/480 mg), for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in adults and older children who weigh above 35kg. 

The drug has been registered by the Pharmacy and poisons board in Kenya and has already been launched in Nigeria and Angola. Kenya is the 3rd country in Africa to launch Coartem 80/480. Other countries that have registered Coartem 80/480 include Uganda and Ghana.

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Portugal partners Nigeria to improve health, pharmaceuticals

Portugal has expressed its readiness to strengthen the trade ties with Nigeria, even as some Portuguese firms have concluded plans to leverage opportunities in the country and invest in the key sectors of the economy.

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The environment and public health implications of power sector reform

The electricity industry in Nigeria has witnessed a lot of restructuring in recent times. This process which is still ongoing reached its peak in the past year with almost complete privatization of the power sector.

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Insurgency taking toll on healthcare in northern Nigeria

When in October 2010 a bomb exploded during the Independence Day celebrations in Abuja killing about two dozen people, Nigerians couldn't have dreamt of a time bombing would become a serial occurrence as we now have today.

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Omomi app seeks to reduce child mortality and improve maternal health

Tackling the high rate of child mortality, especially among infants below 5 years is one of the reasons for launching Omomi app, the developers told HealthNewsNG.com.

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